LIVINGSTON, Ala. – After a successful start to the 2009 season, the University of West Alabama football team will open the home portion of the schedule against Harding in non-conference action. The game will be televised regionally on Comcast Sports Southeast as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week slate. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

The contest will also be aired on FOX Sports, WSLY 104.9 FM and at athletics.uwa.edu and can also be viewed on the B2 Network on the athletic website.

This is the 15th meeting in the series between West Alabama and Harding. The Bisons lead the series 9-5, including six straight. The Tigers last win in the series came on Nov. 4, 2000, a 35-21 win in Livingston, where the Red and White are 4-2 in the series.

Both teams enter the contest after picking up victories in their season openers last week. UWA traveled to Jackson, Miss and trounced Belhaven College 47-3, while racking up 574 yards of total offense. Deon Williams and Dameon Baylor accounted for five of the Red and White’s seven touchdowns in the lid lifting victory.

HU rallied to defeat Missouri Southern 17-15, in Searcy, as the Bisons tallied 363 yards against MSU. Josh Powell hit Tyler O’Quin with 18 seconds left to play to open the 2009 season 1-0.

UWA seek to improve its home opener record under head coach Bobby Wallace, which is currently 3-0. The Tigers will also look to improve upon their 1-6 GSC-TV record and extend its win streak on television to two after a 17-14 overtime win over Southern Arkansas last season. 

The contest against HU is the first of three regionally televised games for the Tigers this season. UWA will host Arkansas Tech on Thursday, Sept. 10 and then travel to Southern Arkansas on Thursday, Sept. 17.